the USA thinks of the UK / in the music

好久沒有寫這麼認真的網誌了噢。前日正好說到，英國唱英國的音樂好像很多，美國唱美國的也不少，那美國唱英國的呢？我想到的是以下：

Transatlanticism – Dead Cab for Cutie“The Atlantic was born today, and I'll tell you how…”

雖然是在認識阿爾弗雷德與亞瑟很久以前就聽了這張專輯，不過後來就覺得，這實在是太適合米英主題曲了啊…！來自華盛頓州的俏妞死的士，另外還有求婚(?)名曲‘I Will Follow You Into The Dark’，不過，我還是更喜歡這首Transatlanticism:The Atlantic was born today, and I'll tell you howThe clouds above opened up and let it outI was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere When the water filled every holeAnd thousands upon thousands made an ocean Making islands where no islands should gooh no

Most people were overjoyed; they took to their boatsI thought it less like a lake and more like a moatThe rhythm of my footsteps crossing flatlands to your Door have been silenced forevermoreAnd the distance is quite simply much to far for me to row; It seems farther than ever beforeoh no

Back to London – Christopher Owens“Back to London, back to love / Everything I didn't know what happened…”

(對我來說)美麗到不行的一首歌，第一句就是‘Back to London, back to you…’現在目前單飛活動的Christopher Owens，前身是女孩樂團(Girls)雙人組之一。生於邁阿密的克里斯多福有個多舛且陰暗的童年過往，在Girls的夢碎俱樂部EP中，他唱：我就是不知道，這個世界怎麼能夠毫無目標地前進下去…？不過，看起來他是很喜歡倫敦的：Back to London, back to youVivian girls and Micachu

Back to Jack, oh you beautiful boyOh, and it hurts to loveI fell in love in London

Back to London, back to loveEverything I didn't know what happened

Back to, you know, I never want to say goodbyemaybe it's not goodbyeUntil next time in London

Back to London, Jessica,I sang you Beatles and Everly Brothers songs

On the park bench, beside the London nightAll into your eyes,Beautiful eyes in London

England – the National“You must be somewhere in London, you must be loving your life in the rain…”

來自俄亥俄的the National一直都能在沉鬱中灌注相當濃烈的感情（尤其是鼓編得有夠出色！）團員中有對感情很好的雙胞胎，還有聲音超級性感的男主唱，用DCFC的話來說，就是那種聽了會願意‘follow you into the dark’的聲音…哈。收於第五張專輯High Violet的這首England，雖說歌詞與詞義似乎不是唯一解，但：Summer sent her running through the weather that I'm underfor the feeling that I lost todaySummer sent her running for the feeling that I lost today

you must be somewhere in London,you must be loving your life in the rainyou must be somewhere in Londonwalking Abbey Lane

I don't even think to makeI don't even think to makeI don't even think to make corrections

famous angels never come through EnglandEngland gets the ones you never needI'm in a Los Angeles cathedralminor singing airheads sing for me

put an ocean and river between everybody everbetween everything, yourself and homeput an ocean and river between everything, yourself and home

afraid of the house stayed the night with the sinnersafraid of the house stayed the night with the sinnersafraid of the house cause they're desperate to entertain

Night Sky / Sifter – Andrew Bird“What if we hadn’t been born at the same time…?”

在 Fingerling 4 (2010) 及 Break it Yourself (2012) 中的Sifters，在2011的Norman原聲帶中稱做Night Sky，但都是同一首歌。傳奇般的芝加哥才子安朱鳥譜出可能是人類所能想像出最接近自然的永恆影像：Sound is a wave, like a wave on the oceanMoon plays the ocean like a violinPushing and pulling from shore to shoreBiggest melody you never heard beforeWhat if I were the night skyHere’s my lullaby to leave by

What if we hadn’t been born at the same time?What if you were 75 and I were 9Would I come visit you?Bring you cookies in an old folks homeWould you be there alone?When the late summer lightning fires off in your armsWill I remember to breathe?No I never willAnd if I could convince you that I mean you no harmJust want to show you how not to needWhat if I were the night skyHere’s my lullaby to leave by

What if we hadn’t been each other at the same time?Would you tell me all the stories from when you were young and in your prime?Would I rock you to sleep?Would you tell all the secrets you don’t need to keep?Would I still miss you?Would you then have been mine?

Through the satellites, I fight with youThat local brew is spillin'I know just how you spend your timeI want to get my hands on himSomebody's party in a London flatYou're where it's at and I knowYou want to see me loose my mind

I'm tired of chasing after you The residue is jealousSee me on the dark side of your mindI want to get my hands on himTo a club that's pounding in the London rainThe world could end and we won't hear itI know just what's on your mind

I see the way your face has changedWe're no good for each otherYou tricked me into coming here, So let gol don't want to go to LondonI told you I don't careI don't want to go to LondonTo live thereI don't want to go to LondonAll your friends afflictedI don't want to go to LondonShe's addicted

I saw you with himI know where you've beenThat nose is broken wide openYour way has got me out of lineI want to get my hands on himYou're so sick just to make me proveIt takes a fight to move youI know just what's on your mind

It's been this way a thousand yearsWe torture each otherSo why the hell did you call me here when you knowl don't want to go to LondonI told you I don't careI don't want to go to LondonTo live thereI don't want to go to LondonAll your friends afflictedI don't want to go to LondonShe's addicted

l don't want to go to LondonI told you I don't careI don't want to go to LondonCause you're not thereEven when I see you, You're somewhere else in London